当代日本阳明学研究的新路径——评山田方谷研究的两本新书

A New Approach to Yangmingism Research in Contemporary Japan:Comments on Two Books about Houkoku Yamada

山田方谷是日本幕末维新期的著名阳明学者和财政改革家,他所推行的一系列改革措施,从理念到方法对现代社会都具有一定的借鉴意义,所以日本近年来从东京到一些地方县市掀起了一股学习山田方谷的热潮。本文选择日本思想史研究的经济人路径为评论对象,以期裨益于对中国社会企业家文化的反思与考虑。

Houkoku Yamada was a reputable scholar in Yangmingism and an influential financial r eformer in Japan＇s Bakumatsu period, or the late Tokugawa Shogunate. His reformist measures remain a reference in the theory and practice of modern Japanese development. Over the past years, learning from Houkoku Yamada has become a fad in Tokyo as well as in local prefectures. This article, by commenting on two books about Houkoku Yamada, examines t he ＂economic-person＂ approach to Yangmingism research in Japanese intellectual history, hoping that such exploration will contribute to the entrepreneurial culture of present-day China.